Results 5,661-5,680 of 7,670 for speaker:Jackie Cahill

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: In general, they would have been small plantations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: If we get an exact figure, Mr. Walsh might come back to us on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome the chairman and representatives of Bord na gCon. The programme we saw last Wednesday night week was very disturbing for those of us who love our greyhounds. Nobody who loves the sport of greyhound racing or the animals would support any of the practices seen on the programme. I watched it with a group of individuals and every one of us was horrified by what we saw. Those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: When will it happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Irish Coursing Club (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. Histon for his presentation. It is very late at night and we have been sitting for nearly seven hours at this stage. I will not repeat the issues I set out to Bord na gCon in regard to our abhorrence of what was seen on the television programme. Instead, I am going to focus on items in the ICC presentation and the ICC can take it that our position has not changed from one hour...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Irish Coursing Club (9 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: No, there is not.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I want to raise the issue of a young man in my constituency. I previously raised it on Tuesday last. This 29 year old man has been suffering serious health issues since 2015. He lost his sight in 2016 and then suffered from a tumour in August of last year. He has been in University Hospital Cork permanently since December. Some 14 weeks ago, he was told that he was fit for discharge to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: This is a serious waste of HSE funds. Notwithstanding the young man's ill health, for the HSE to refuse to find him a place in a residential rehabilitation service and to leave him sitting in hospital for 14 weeks is-----

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (4 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual operational costs for the Dublin Regional Vet Laboratory in Backweston; the annual salary bill by grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28798/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (4 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of carcasses submitted to the Dublin Regional Veterinary Laboratory in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28799/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (4 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of carcasses diverted each year to the Kilkenny RVL from the Dublin Regional Veterinary Laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28800/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (4 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full driving allowances which apply to staff in the Dublin Regional Veterinary Laboratory at Backweston Campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28802/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (4 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of the category 4 laboratory at Backweston to date; when it will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28801/19]

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (3 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: The Minster's opening statement definitely did not fill me or any other beef farmer with confidence. I am a dairy and beef farmer and I know full well the major economic pressure that our sector is under. The Minister also referred to the fact that other trade deals have been made in recent years. It is the case that numerous markets have been opened up for Irish beef. We have sold very...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (3 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 46. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position on the latest Mercosur talks; the steps he is taking to protect farmers by ensuring beef will not form part of a final Mercosur deal at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28506/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (3 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: The question of Mercosur has become more relevant in the last week. We had been asking the Minister to protect beef farmers under any Mercosur deal, but, unfortunately, beef production is part of the proposed deal. I ask the Minister to set out how he intends to protect the beef industry.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (3 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: I have sympathy for the Minister because he is trying to defend the indefensible. The beef industry is under significant economic pressure. This is the first week of July and beef prices have decreased for the third successive week. The Minister has said there will be a time lag before the deal hits us fully. I suppose it will coincide with the date on which we will have to meet the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (3 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: In a previous life I had a lot of experience of negotiations in Brussels. Unfortunately, I have never seen anything promoted in Brussels not happen eventually. It might be in gestation for a long time, but in my experience it will happen eventually. Farmers believe the major industrial powers in Europe want this trade deal for their economies and that European beef farming is the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (3 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has prepared for adequate lairage at Cherbourg to cater for calf exports in spring 2020 to avoid congestion and to allow the maximum number of calves to be exported in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28201/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Jul 2019)

Jackie Cahill: 86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide adequate compensation for forestry owners who have suffered losses due to ash die back; if grants will be provided for replacement planting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28202/19]